Tool.



PATENTED APR. 11, 1905. P. M. VANCE.

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APPLICATION FILED AUG. 1, 190 4.

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UNITED STATES Patented April 11, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

TOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 786,860, dated April 11, 1905.

Application filed Augustl, 1904. Serial No. 219,147.

To all whom it may concern.-

ham, in the county of J eiferson; and State of Alabama, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tools, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a tool capable of a diversityof applications and embodying means in this particular instance whereby it may be employed as a hammer, means for raising tacks and nails, and for other purposes in accordance with the tool members remov ably applied in one end thereof.

Essentially the tool consists of a tubular handle for containing a number of tool elements which are applicable to one end thereof, a hammer member in separable relation to the handle, and a claw held in place on the hammer member when the handle is applied and jams thereagainst, the hammer member being constructed to receive hammer-heads of difierent dimensions.

The invention also consists in the details of construction and arrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a tool embodying the features of the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a top plan View thereof.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral 1 designates a handle of any suitable length having a plug-sleeve 2 held in the .rear end thereof by a set-screw and the I handle and sleeve are penetrated by a clamplower terminal 8. This terminal is also interlorly screw-threaded, as at 9, to removably receive a hammer-head 10, having a screwthreaded shank 11, the said head being readily removable through the medium of a rib 12, which serves as a resisting means for the fingers of the operator. By this means the elbow 7 is adapted to receive hammer-heads of varying dimensions.

A claw 13 is held on the elbow 7 by thehandle 1, the claw 13 having a sleeve 14:, which is fitted over the elbow and is jammed on the latter by the head 5 of the handle. This positive position of the claw 13 is maintained through the medium of the increasing diameter of the elbow when the head 5 is in engagement with the latter. Normally the claw 13 is immovablyheld above the handle in rear of the head 10, the elevation of the claw being such as to permit the same to be conveniently applied to attack or nail head. l

Instead ofthe plug-sleeve as set forth and which is a simple means for receiving the toolmember shank a leather or rubber plug 15 may be introduced in the rear extremity of the handle 1 to prevent battering of or injury to the several tool members, and in this arrangement both the set and clamping screws are inserted through the rear end of the handle in transverse alinement, the said end of the handle being longitudinally bored to form a seat for the shanks of the tool members. The elbow 7 being tubular can be conveniently used as a tack-holding receptacle, and between thesame and the hammer-head 10 a leather or other plug 16 may be introduced for preventing injury to the points of the tacksduring the insertion of the latter or to obviate the contact of the points of the tacks with the inner portion of the shank of the hammer-head during the driving operation.

As a matter of economy in manufacture it is proposed to use tubing as now found in the market for the construction of the several parts, and particularlythe handle 1 andelbow 7. As a matter of convenience in use as well as completeness of the article a number of different tool members other than those heretofore set forth will be introduced in the handle, and each will be provided with a shank readily insertible in the rear end of the said handle. These tool members can be made in different sizes to facilitate the storage of a number thereof within the handle 1 and also in proportion to the other dimensions of the tool or implement. In the front end of the handle 1 itis also proposed to introduce a removable plug 17 for maintaining the tool members in place. This plug may be easily disconnected at any time to give access to the tool members within the handle 1.

It will be understood that changes in the proportions, dimensions, and minor details may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. A tool of the class set forth, having handle and hammer-head supporting elements separably connected, the hammer-head-supporting element gradually increasingin diameter toward its free extremity, and a claw element having a sleeve removably jammed on the hammer-head-supporting element by the handle-supporting element.

2. A tool, having handle and hammer-head supporting elements separably connected, and a claw element secured on the hammer-head element by the handle-supporting element.

3. A tool of the class set forth, having handle and hammer-head supporting elements separably connected, the hammer-head-supporting element gradually increasing in diameter toward its free extremity, a sleeve device removably jammed on the hammer-head-supporting element by the handle-supporting element, and a hammer-head removably inserted in the hammer-head-supporting element and having a substantially circular contour and provided with a rib extending longitudinally thereof, the surface of the hammer-head being smooth and unbroken with the exception of the rib.

4. A tool having a hammer-head and a handle supporting element, the handle-supporting element being separably connected to the headsupporting element, and a claw clement provided with a sleeve engaging and held in place on the head-supporting element by the handle element.

5. A tool, having an elbow hammer-headsupporting element adapted to contain tacks or the like and provided with a washer at its outlet end, a hammer-head removably mounted in the said supporting element, and a handle for the supporting element and engaging the latter at the terminal opposite that to which the hammer-head is applied.

6. A tool, having an elbow hammer element provided with a removable hammer-head and also having a converging rear extremity, a handle element detachably applied to the said extremity of the hammer-supporting element, and a claw element on the hammer-supporting element and held in place by the handle-supporting element.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing \vitnesses.

PHILIP M. VANCE.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. DENSON, CHARLES A. SHAW. 

